Harvester.



PATENTED FEB. 10, 1903.

J. F. APPLEBY.

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No. 720,214. PATENTED FEB. 10,1903. J. F. APPLEBY.

HARVESTER.

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J. 'P. APPLEBY.

HARVESTER.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 15, 1899.

NO MODEL.

N0 MODEL.

APPLIGATION FILED MAY 15, 1899.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE. 2

JOHN F. APPLEBY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGNOR TO THE IIARVESTER KINGCOMPANY, OF HARVEY, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION-OF ILLINOIS.

HARV'ESTER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 720,214, dated February'1 0, 1903.

Application filed May 15, 1899.

T0 aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN F. APPLEBY, 0 Chicago, in the county of Cookand State-of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvementsin Harvesters, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain improve ments in self-bindingharvesters of the type wherein the binding mechanism is mounted upon anA-frame balanced over the main ground or driving wheel. Machines of thisclass have heretofore, so far as I am aware, always been provided with aforwardly-extending tongue or pole, to which the draftanimals areattached. Self-binding harvesters in which the draftanimals are attachedto a. push-pole extending rearwardly from the body of the machine arenow coming into quite general use, such machines being also constructedto operate as headers'that is, to cut merely the heads from standinggrain. Machines of this latter type, in which a push-pole is employedwhere they have self-binding mechanism, have the binding mechanism andgrain-platform arranged in front of the axis of the machine and areusually large machines, cutting twelve feet or more at a swath. There isa demand for a machine intermediate the usual size of self-binder withdraft-pole and the large machine of the header type with a push-pole;but machines cutting a swath seven feet or more where the-draft-pole isemployed create a great deal of side draft, having a tendency 'to runinto the grain.

It is the object of my invention to adapt the push-pole construction toa hinder or harvest-V ingmachine of the intermediate sizesay cutting aswath of seven or eight feetand to overcome the objections incident tothe draft-pole type of machine arising out of side draft.

In carrying out my invention I construct a harvesting-machine with itsbinding mech anism and grain-platform arranged, respectively, above andin line with the axis of the main ground-wheel and apply thereto apushpole connected to the framework of the machine at such point as toovercome effectually all side draft. I also provide numerous adjustmentsof the operating parts of the ma- Serial No. 716,911. (No model-l chineas, for example, tilting mechanism for the grain-platform,gear-shifting mechanism for throwing the sickle into and out of gear,gear-shiftingmechanism for raising and lowering the machine from thepower exerted by the draft animals, mechanism for shifting the binder,butter, and grain-board to adapt the machine to long or short grain,andmechanism for raising and lowering the reel and for moving it forwardand back. Some of these adjusting mechanisms are novel in theirconstruotion'and mode of operation as applied to harvesting-machinesgenerally, and all of them are new in their combination and arrangementas applied to this type of machine.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- IFigure 1 is a rear elevation, sectional through the push-pole andadjusting-rods extending therealong, parts broken away and othersomitted. l ig. 2 is a plan viewof substantially the same parts shown inFig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation showing particularly the main frame,the reel-frame, and ad- 3' usting mechanism connected therewith. Fig. 4is a side elevation of the rear or platform end of the push-pole,showing the operatinglevers and 'the rods extending forwardly therefrom;and Fig. 5 is a cross-sectional detail of the push-pole on the line 5 5of Fig. 4, showing the dispositionof the operating-rods with referenceto the pole.

In the drawingsjlet 10 represent the main frame, mounted upon theground-wheel 11 at the binder end and having the small groundwheel 12 atthe grain end.

of the push-pole 20. The push-pole is connected by curved terminalportions 22 and 23 to the main frame on the grain side of the main orground wheel in such position that it balances the resistance to theforward motion of the machine and obviates side draft. I am enabled toaccomplish this in a machine of this type by employing a push-pole, asthe latter is connected to the rear side of the main frame and can belocated considerably at one side of the main ground-wheel. The driversplatform is marked 21 and has the steering-wheel frame 24, with atiller-board 25, which is usually manipulated by the knees of the driverand controls the steering-wheel 26. Several levers are provided in frontof the drivers platform for controlling the various adjustable parts ofthe machine.

I will first describe the means for throwing the machine into and out ofgear. Said means comprise a lever 27, having the connectingrod 28, thecranked rock-shaft29, link 30, and gear-shifter 31, shifting one member32 of the clutch mechanism. (Not necessary to be par ticularlydescribed.)

The mechanism for raising and lowering the main frame comprises thelever 33, having the connecting-rod 34, the cranked rockshaft 35, link36, and a shifter 37, which operates a double bevel-gear 38 and isadapted to engage a bevel-pinion 39, so as to drive the same in onedirection or the other, depending upon the direction of the shiftingmovement of the gear 38. The pinion 39 is mounted in the frame 10 anddrives the rod 40, which by means of worm-gearing (not necessary to bedescribed) operates through the racks 41 and pinions 42 to raise andlower the machine by power derived through the main drivingwheel 11.This construction as to the particular form of gearing is fullydescribed in my Letters Patent No. 601,866, issued April 5, 1898.

The grain-platform is tilted or rocked around the line of the axis ofthe main drive-wheel through the instrumentality of a lever 43 andconnecting-rod 44 and bell-crank 45, pivoted on the push-pole and link46, connecting one arm of the bell-crank to a lug onjthe main frame 10,the connection being in the rear of the pivotal axis of the frame, sothat the swinging of the lever 43 will rock the frame upon said pivotalaxis.

The binder is shifted laterally relatively to the grain-platform, andthe butter and grainboard are swung to correspond with the binder-headmovement by means of the lever 47, having the connecting-rod 48,connected to a cranked rock-shaft 49, one arm of which is connected by alink to the binder-head frame. The butter 16 has an arm 51, pivotallyconnected to a walking-beam 52, pivoted to the top of the A-frame andhaving one end provided with an eye 53, through which passes a rod 54,pivoted at one end to the A-frame and at the other end to thebinder-frame. Obviously the movement of the binder back and forth willcorrespondingly move one end of the butter, the opposite end of which ispivoted at a fixed point. From the operating-rod 48 a rod extends to anarm or lever 56, which is pivotally connected to the framework of themachine at one end and at the other to the grain-board 19. A parallelbar 57 is also pivoted to the framework of the machine and to a lug 58on the back of the grain-board. The reciprocation of the rod 48 movesthe grain-board 19 forward and back, and the latter will be keptparallel to the sickle by means of the parallel bars or levers 56 57.

The means for shifting the reel forward and back comprises theshift-lever 59 at the drivers platform, having the connecting-rod 60,connected to a crank rock-shaft 61, having a link 62, passing through ayoke-standard 63, pivoted at its lower end on the reelsupport bar 64 andembracing the tubular head 65 of a tubular reel-carrying arm 66, havinga tubular head 67 for the reel-shaft. The swinging of the lever 59 willswing the reel forward and back to bring it closer to or farther fromthe sickle. In order to adapt the machine to cutshort or lodged grain,the reel preferably has a vertical adjustment, so that it may be raisedand lowered. This movement is secured by means of the lever 68, having aconnecting-rod 69, with a jointed extension 70 at its forward endconnected to one leg of a bell-crank 71, mounted on the support-bar 64.From the other leg of the bell-crank a link 72 extends upwardly and isconnected to a block 73, pivoted upon the arm 74, the latter beingpivoted at its forward end to the reel-carrying bar 66 in front ofthepivot of the latter. A link 74 connects the arm 74 with the standard.The block 73 has flanges embracing the arm 74 and has a certain amountof play thereon. From a lug on the block 73 a rod 75 extends forward toa bell-crank 76, pivoted at its bend and having its opposite armconnected to a locking-bolt 77, which slides through an aperture in akeeper 78 and is adapted to enter. one of the series of holes 79 in thestandard 80, the lower end of the standard being pivoted on theframework of the machine. The locking-bolt.

is normally held in engagement with one of the apertures of the standardby means of the spring 81, which backs up the bell-crank. Assuming thatit is desired to raise the reel above the position shown in the drawingsand that it is locked, the lever 68 will be thrust forward, drawing therod 7 O backward, rocking the bell-crank 71 and pulling down on the link72 and rocking the pivoted block 73. The initial movement of the pivotedblock will operate, through the rod 75 and bell-crank 7 6, to withdrawthe locking-bolt, and the continued movement of the pivoted block willcause its flanges to engage the arm 74 and thus raise the reel. Thelocking of the reel at the end of the movement is effected by a quickreverse movement of the lever to a lim- IOC ited extent. If it bedesired to lower the reel, the lever is again moved forward to releasethe locking mechanism, and then the weight of the reel will cause it todescend, the lever yielding or moving back at a rate corresponding tothe rate of movement of the reel, and when the latter has reached thedesired position the operator gives an accelerated movement to thelever, which causes the locking bolt to engage the next aperture reachedin its travel.

Obviously many variations may be made in the structural. details of themechanisms hereinabove described, and some of the devices may be used inmachines Where less than the whole or any combination of the severalfeatures are employed. I do not, therefore, limit my invention to theprecise details shown and described.

I claim- 1. In a self-binding harvester, the combination with the mainframe and the main ground Wheel mounted therein, of a grainplatform andbinder supporting frame so mounted as to rock about the line of the axisof said main ground-Wheel, said binder-supporting frame being disposedoverand above said main ground-wheel, a push-pole pivotally connected tosaid main frame in rear of the axis of the main ground-Wheel and at oneside of the latter and extending rearwardly and provided with a driversplatform, means extending from the drivers platform for rock ing themain frame upon its pivotal axis, and other means also extending fromthe drivers platform for controlling the gearing of the machine,substantially as described.

2. In a self-binding harvester, the combination with the main framecarrying reel mechanism and the main ground-wheel mounted in said mainframe, of a grain-platform and binder-supporting frame so mounted as torock about the line of the axis of said main ground-wheel, saidbinder-supporting frame being disposed over and above said mainground-wheel, a push-pole pivotally connected to the main frame in rearof its axis of osoillation and at one side of the main ground- Wheel andextending rearwardly therefrom and provided with a drivers platform, andmeans extending from the drivers platform to the main frame, itsgearing, the binder and the reel for adjusting the several parts,substantially as described.

3. Ina self-binding harvester, the combination with the mainground-wheel, of a grainplatform and binding mechanism arranged to rockabout the line of the axis thereof, a binder slidably mounted on thebinder-supporting frame, a butter pivotally mounted at one end on saidframe and pivotally connected at its opposite end to the binder, anadjustable grain board suspended over the grain-platform upon parallelbars, an adjusting-rod extending from the drivers platform to thesliding binder, and a link connecting said rod and the parallel movingbars Whereby the binder, butter and grain-board may be adjustedsimultaneously, as described.

JOHN F. APPLEBY.

Witnesses:

FREDERICK O. GooDWIN, IRVINE -MILLER.

